Washtub.



A. L. BLUM. WASHTUB.

APPLICATION FILED O0T.27, 1913.

5- v Patented June 9, 1914,

WITNESSES INVENTUI? ATTORNEYS NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT L. Baum, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

WASHTUB.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT L. BLUM, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Washtub, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Among the principal objects which the present invention has in view are: to provide a tub of the character mentioned, with a rubbing section or board portion formed integrally therein; to provide a relatively light and strong rubbing section of the character mentioned; and to simplify and reduce the cost of construction of the article named.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a top plan View of a tub constructed and arranged in accordance with the present invention; Fig. 2 is' a vertical section taken on the line 2-2 in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a view of a blank from which the side and rubbing section of the tub is constructed.

As seen in the drawings, the bottom 8 is preferably circular in shape, having a fiattened portion to correspond with the rubbing section or rubbing board 9, at the lower edge thereof. When the extensions 10 and 11 of the blank are bent into a circular form, so that the edges 12 and 13 thereof meet, to be joined, the upturned flange 14 of the bottom 8 forms a seat for the side of the completed tub. The rubbing board Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 27, 1913.

9, orsection of the blank forming the same, E

is stamped or pressed to form corrugations I 15, which corrugations terminate adjacent the bending lines 16 marking the junction Patented June 9, 1914.

Serial No. 797,612.

of the curved extensions 1'0 and 11 of the blank, with the straight section forming the board 9.

The extensions 10 and 11 are shaped to form bracket sections 17, which extend to near the top of the board 9, and serve to rein-force the structure of the board 9, to avoid bending the same when in service.

The upper edges of the extensions 10 and 11 of the board 9 are overturned or beaded, as shown best in Fig. 2 0f the drawings.

When constructed as described, and as shown in the accompanying drawings, the cost of manufacture of such tubs is greatly reduced; also, the weight of the structure is diminished, and the tub, as a domestic article of use, is greatly enhanced in value.

Claim:

A wash tub, comprising a bottom, the perimeter of which is a flattened circle; and a side wall for said tub, formed from one piece, having a relatively fiat-surfaced rubbing portion and curved extensions at each side thereof, said rubbing portion and curved extensions, when bent to form, correspending with, and being fastened to. said bottom, said rubbing portion extending above said curved extensions and being integrallv connected therewith at the edge bybracke t sections.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALBERT L. BLUM.

lVitnesses E, F. MURnoox,

PmLIr Di ROLLHAUS. 

